Comment on Schools in America apparently have their own army recruiter

TheControlled@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

• uriel238@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Do the kids of the ownership classes also have to serve with the rest of the grunts? Or are they sectioned off to champaign units thhe way George W. Bush did his Coast Guard tour? Or given exception like for Trump’s bone spurs?

  If aristocrats are on the front line with the of the enlisted, there might be better regard for vets.

  I wonder if those countries also face thensame degrees of top-down abuse and sexual assault for which the US Army is reputed.

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• PancakeBrock@lemmy.zip ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Lol that’s what I was going to say.

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  • bitwaba@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    There’s nothing wrong with mandatory military service if your military doesn’t pick fights with everyone else’s.

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    • unionagainstdhmo@aussie.zone ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      I’m of the opinion that when a democracy forces you into the military there will be no democracy left to defend

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      • jj4211@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Well, depends.

        Note that US military history picks me from trusting them in this fashion, but if mandatory military service were: -severely limited term -purely domestic (prepare for defense from active attacks, relief, and rescue) -not used in any vaguely law enforcement capacity.

        Then I could see that as possibly reasonable.

        Of course I’d be skeptical that a nation would display that sort of restraint, but just saying I could imagine a hypothetical that included that

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    • webghost0101@sopuli.xyz ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Voluntarily discipline style camps sure.

      Mandatory would backfires on me. I am happy to help but to command my body around requires my consent and respect for my pacifist boundaries.

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    • Carlo@lemmy.ca ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      I think the US would be a lot better off with a mandatory period of service. Not exclusively military, but an option between that and some kind of civil service. I think it would do a lot to bring the country together.

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      • NAM@lemmy.ml ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Compulsory customer service for a couple years might make retail customers less miserable to deal with overall.

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      • Chocrates@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        I have not served but I did feel that mandatory civil service (outside of the military) that included getting you trained in a 4 year degree would do a lot of good.

        I haven’t really thought about that in a while though, to see how that would backfire.

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      • Kakaofruchttafel@feddit.de ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Go fuck yourself, civil service is socialism. Communist scum.

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    • TheControlled@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      I mean, the US doesn’t. It just drone strikes them. Picking a fight presumes it’s a fair fight.

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